Coalition Of 50 British, Nigerian NGOs Urges Britain To Return Ibori Loot To Nigeria
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A coalition of more than 50 British and Nigerian civil society groups have urged the British government to return funds confiscated from James Ibori, the former governor of Delta More...
Angry Nigerian Slams Senators For Electing Omo Agege Alleged Mace Snatcher
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A Nigerian man, Power Osiweghor, has taken Nigerian government to the cleaners, saying rather than punish people who disgrace the country, the leaders of the nation reward them for More...
Eid-el-Kabir: Okowa Salutes Muslims, Urges Nigerians To Shun Hate Speeches
Senator Ifeanyi Okowa LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has charged Nigerians to shun hate speeches and collaborate with the Government to surmount the plethora of problems More...
Troops Take Over Gambian Electoral Commission Offices
LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Gambia’s security forces have entered the building of the Independent Electoral Commission, instructed its chairman to leave and barred other employees from entering, according More...
JUST IN: Trump Appoints A Nigerian as Member of His Economic Team
Ogunlesi LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigerian-born Adebayo Ogunlesi, who is the chairman of Global Infrastructure Partners, a private equity firm and one of Fortune 500 companies, has been named a member of More...
Two Nigerians Arrested with 254 ATM Cards in Thailand
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Thailand Police Economic Crime Suppression Division deputy commander Pol Colonel Papatdech Ketpan revealed this on Thursday saying the suspects were apprehended for two separate More...
Biafra Activist, Yagozie Eze, Others to Appear in UK Court Over Anti-Buhari’s Protests
Photo: Biafran protester in Lagos holds up banner seeking for Nnamdi Kanu’s release LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (URHOBOTODAY) Biafra activist, Yagozie Eze and Others will be appearing at Westminster Magistrates’ More...
Interpol Arrests 40-Years-Old Nigerian Behind $60m Online Global Fraud Network
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Interpol a forty years old Nigerian simply identified as Mike allegedly behind online fraudulent internet network that had defrauding its victim all over the world a total sum of More...
Indian Police Arrest Nigerian for Selling Bitter Kola as Cure for Aids
Bitter Kola LAGOS JULY 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Local Crime Branch, LCB, Thane Rural in India has arrested a Nigerian national, Uzoma Eleazar, for attempting to sell seeds for the cure of AIDS in an online scam. The More...
Miracle: Nigerian Charged with Drug Trafficking in Indonesia, Escapes Death Sentence
LAGOS MAY 23RD (URHOBOTODAY0-Arinze Petrus Eneh, 38, was charged with possessing 6.3kg of crystal meth and was sentenced to 20 years in jail on Wednesday, May 18, 2016, even though the prosecutor demanded a death More...
Republic of Benin Based Nigerian Applicant Wins N9.3m in Surebet with N500
Wasiu LAGOS JANUARY 19TH *URHOBOTODAY)-Young? Surebet247 will make your dreams come true. Broke? Surebet247 has your back!!!!!! A young Nigerian; Omoniyi Wasiu Oluwadotimi who resides in Cotonou in Benin Republic More...
Helen Mukoro, an Urhobo Woman Running For Presidential Election In Spain (PHOTOS)
Helen Mukoro Presidential poster as seen on the street of Spain LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-An Urhobo woman from Delta State and Nigerian born Spanish lawyer, Helen Mukoro, has emerged the presidential candidate More...
Dangote, Africa’s Richest Man Explains Why He Has Interest in Arsenal
Dangote LAGOS JULY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has disclosed his reason for seeking to acquire a stake in English Premier League team, Arsenal. Few weeks ago, Dangote, 58, attracted More...
Nigerian Youths Pledge to Support Buhari on Peace and Security Initiative
LAGOS JULY 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-A pan-Nigerian youth association that styles itself as Supportive Youths for Change (SYC) has pledged to mobilise youths across the country to support President Mohammadu Buhari’s More...
Congratulations, Nigerians, it’s a New Dawn!
By Nelson Ekujumi The June 12 Coalition of Democratic Formations (J12CODEF) with heartfelt gratitude to the Almighty God, would like to use this medium to appreciate the following; Nigerians across ethnic and religious More...
Obasanjo, Buhari in another Close Door Meeting
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari has for the second time since Buhari’s victory, met, this time in Abuja. It is not yet clear what the More...
Bama Women, Children ‘Dying’ of Hunger as Boko Haram Tightens Grip on Town
Widows-Orphans-governor-shettima-after-Bama-killings-Borno-state LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Thousands of women and children stranded in Bama, one of the towns seized by Boko Haram in Borno State, are dying More...
Dora Akunyili Dies in Indian Hospital
Dora Akunyili LAGOS JUNE 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The former Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and former minister of Information Prof. Dora Nkem Akunyili is More...
Nigeria Drug Baron Jailed for 27 Years in Cambodia
Precious Chineme Nwoko and hard drugs LAGOS MAY 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)- 23 year old Precious Chineme Nwoko has been sentenced to 27 years imprisonment by a Cambodian Court for drug trafficking in Cambodia. Police sources More...
Boko Haram Offers to Swap Kidnapped Girls for Prisoners
Boko Haram Leader Shekau LAGOS MAY 12TH (URHOBOTODAY) The leader of the Nigerian Islamist rebel group Boko Haram has said he will release more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by his fighters last month in exchange More...
Nigerian Students Frown at the Politization of Abduction of Chibok Girls
Chibok girls LAGOS MAY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Zone B, frowned at the politization of the scenario surrounding the recent abduction of the over 200 school Girls in More...
Northern Elders Reject CONFAB, Declare Conference Illegitimate
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has dismissed the National Conference, which is planned to commence next week, saying it “lacks a constitutional basis or any form of legitimacy More...
T.B. Joshua Replies Pastors Attacking Him, Says they are ‘Discontent People’
Pastor T.B.Joshua LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Controversial Nigerian cleric, TB Joshua has described pastors who constantly attack him as discontented people. The founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, More...
NASS Set to Approve Petroleum Industry Bill
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The House of Representatives’ Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream oil sector) on Wednesday said that the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) will be passed soon by the National More...
Man with Dual Identity Arrested with 107 ATM Cards at Lagos Airport
Funsho Oladimeji Babatunde caught with 107 ATN cards LAGOS JANUARY 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted one hundred and seven (107) Citi Bank credit cards. More...